Self-esteem: The Lazy Person’s Guide!

Improving your self-esteem isn’t about becoming selfish, loud, competitive and arrogant. It’s about taking care of yourself so that you have the strength and energy to help and give to others when appropriate.

prevent this, self-esteem needs to be grounded firmly in self-acceptance.

If you have low-self esteem you aren’t being yourself, because you fear what others might think. You rely on others for approval. You don’t think you are worthwhile and you have little faith in your own abilities.

Gender may also have a part to play. It is generally thought that women suffer from low self-esteem more than men, because of the conscious and unconscious indoctrination that men are somehow superior to women. Male superiority is, of course, a ridiculous notion, but traditional ideas of what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman continue to linger on and do untold harm.

form any kind of attachment, or emotional bond,

there is any uncertainty,

within you lies the power to create all that you want in life.

It’s about being yourself, and knowing that within you lies the power to create all that you want in life.

assertive and confident in your abilities.

the sound of his or her own voice.